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RFC 1866 - 8.2.3. Forms with Side-Effects: METHOD=POST

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### 8.2.3. Forms with Side-Effects: METHOD=POST

If the service associated with the processing of a form has side effects (for example, modification of a database or subscription to a service), the method should be `POST'.

To process a form whose action URL is an HTTP URL and whose method is `POST', the user agent conducts an HTTP POST transaction using the action URI, and a message body of type `application/x-www-form- urlencoded' format as above. The user agent should display the response from the HTTP POST interaction just as it would display the response from an HTTP GET above.

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RFC 1866 - 8.2.3. Forms with Side-Effects: METHOD=POST